Crime & Safety

Search Continues For Missing Oakland Woman Meaghan McCallum

McCallum, 30, went missing March 11 in Montvale. Her family has started a Facebook page and is asking for help looking for her.

Police and volunteers continue to search for a missing Oakland woman more than a month after she disappeared in the Long Branch area.

Meaghan McCallum, 30, was staying with her grandmother in Montvale when she went missing since early morning on March 11, NorthJersey.com reported.

Long Branch police told the website Saturday that McCallum’s car was found at the Edgewater East apartments on Avenel Boulevard; McCallum reportedly suffers from bi-polar disorder and had recently stopped taking her medication.

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McCallum’s family has started a Facebook community group called Find Meg in an attempt to solicit help from the public to try and find her. The page has more than 2,300 “likes.” Residents can also keep up to date with the case using the hashtag #findmeg on Twitter.

Kate Prevocki, McCallum’s friend who started the Facebook group, posted a message on the page Wednesday.

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“There are no words to describe the emotions that the family, friends, and community have felt over the past month during Meg’s disappearance,” the post read. “We’ve been working with and trying to help the McCallum’s over the last month as best we can and I’ve seen an outrageous outpouring of love.”

Anyone with any information about the case should contact the Oakland Police Department at 201-337-6171.

(Pictured: A photo of Meaghan McCallum posted on the Find Meg Facebook page and a copy of the missing poster created to help find McCallum.)

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